a. Let's look at the Original Senate Report.
1. What does GET do? GET will make families pay S&A charges on top of tuition. prepaid college tuition plan. will change tutiion units and are on 4 year terms instead of unspecified amount of time.
2. Since 1998, how many GET accounts have been opened by families? 119,000 accounts
3. According to the bill, name one way the program will change. Students will be required to pay S&A fees, which may be expensive.
4. Did the bill become a law? no not yet - assigned by the gov. with partial veto.
5. What is the name of the Senate staffer who prepared the report? Senator
Brown, prime sponsor -Senators Brown, Hewitt and Shin.
Now find HB 1325
1. Sponsor: Representatives Hunt, Dammeier, Darneille, Liias, Carlyle, Roberts, Jinkins, Orwall,Kenney, Hasegawa, McCoy, Fitzgibbon and Tharinger.
2. Bill digest: Requires the Washington state school directors' association to work with school districts to develop and implement a comprehensive statewide reorganization initiative
to streamline and provide efficiencies in the administrationand operation of school districts and educational service districts.
3. Go to tvw.org
a. Search for HB 1325
b. When was the most recent hearing on the bill? Feb. 10th 2011
c. What committee heard the testimony? House Education Committee
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